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The "conservative" justices, again, vote in favor of violating constitutional rights. This the beginning of a trend? The article makes mention of the Oklahoma City bomber, whatever his name is, and how he was stopped for a traffic violation. Strip searching him would have revealed that he was plotting to bomb the federal building? What are they trying to do? The Minority Report in real life?

Some mornings, it's just not worth chewing through the leather straps. - Emo Phillips

This is a very disturbing trend that is happening on both sides of the aisle. The self appointed "elites" no longer fear the people. We have let them do what they wanted, so now we are reaping what we sowed.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries Office for Law Enforcement
Department of Treasury
Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigations Division*(IRS-CID)
Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration*(TIGTA)
United States Mint Police*(USMP)
United States Treasury Police*? merged into theUS Secret Service Uniformed Division*in 1986.

Department of Defense

Defense Criminal Investigative Service(DCIS)
Pentagon Force Protection AgencyDepartment of the ArmyUnited States Army Criminal Investigation Division*(Army CID)
United States Army Military Police CorpsDepartment of the Air ForceAir Force Office of Special Investigations(Airforce OSI)
Air Force Security ForcesDepartment of the NavyNaval Criminal Investigative Service*(NCIS)
Office of Naval Intelligence Police*(ONI Police)
Marine Corps Provost Marshal?s Office

Department of Education

Office of the Inspector General*(OIG)

Department of Health and Human Services

Food and Drug Administration*(FDA)
Office of Criminal Investigations

Department of Agriculture*(USDA)

U.S. Forest Service Law Enforcement and InvestigationsOffice of Inspector General

Department of the Interior*(USDI)

Bureau of Indian Affairs PoliceBureau of Land Management Office of Law Enforcement & SecurityNational Parks ServiceNational Park RangersUnited States Park PoliceU.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Office of Law Enforcement

This is a very disturbing trend that is happening on both sides of the aisle. The self appointed "elites" no longer fear the people. We have let them do what they wanted, so now we are reaping what we sowed.

The very design of neoliberal principles is a direct attack on democracy.?

― Noam Chomsky

William F. Buckley describes a conservative as, "someone who stands athwart history, yelling Stop." - and then proceeds to drag civilization back to times best left in history's dungheap.

Justice Kennedy said one person arrested for disorderly conduct in Washington State "managed to hide a lighter, tobacco, tattoo needles and other prohibited items in his rectal cavity." Officials in San Francisco, he added, "have discovered contraband hidden in body cavities of people arrested for trespassing, public nuisance and shoplifting."

Justice Breyer wrote that there was very little empirical support for the idea that strip searches detect contraband that would not have been found had jail officials used less intrusive means, particularly if strip searches were allowed when officials had a reasonable suspicion that they would find something.

For instance, in a study of 23,000 people admitted to a correctional facility in Orange County, N.Y., using that standard, there was at most one instance of contraband detected that would not otherwise have been found, Judge Breyer wrote.

Justice Kennedy said one person arrested for disorderly conduct in Washington State "managed to hide a lighter, tobacco, tattoo needles and other prohibited items in his rectal cavity." Officials in San Francisco, he added, "have discovered contraband hidden in body cavities of people arrested for trespassing, public nuisance and shoplifting."

It's no business of the government or anyone else what someone wants to store in his or her ass. They put it there for safe keeping. It should only be an issue if they get that stuff out and use it while in custody of the state. If having a toaster oven your ass might make your stay in the pokey a little more comfortable have at it.

Some mornings, it's just not worth chewing through the leather straps. - Emo Phillips

Yeah, but then that person would start selling hot sandwiches to the other inmates. Can't have capitalism in prisons. it is just would not be fair to the prisoners who don't have that big of an asshole. Let one guy anal cavity a toaster oven, the next thing you know, they would be smuggling in microwaves, TV's, refrigerators, air conditioning units, maybe a SUV to help them escape. It would be utter chaos.